Francisco Mariano Javier Ibanez, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, 33, has admitted his addiction to plastic surgery.
He said that his desire to look like Ricky Martin started a long time ago, when people remarked that there was a resemblance between him and the Puerto Rican singer.
Francisco said: “This started a long time ago, when they told me I had an air of Ricky Martin.
“I took it as a joke, but I started to make some changes and the likeness increased.”
He then decided to go all the way, saying: “I got a photo of him, I realized that I liked him and, like everything in life, when I like something, I go for it.”
However, Francisco, who said he was “born for television and cameras” and “feel[s] incredible” when people ask him for a selfie in the street, now admits that he regrets changing his appearance to look like someone else.
Despite now having spent around $8,254 on cosmetic procedures, he said: “Now I am able to realize that the ideal thing is to be yourself, not someone else.
“But it took a while to realize that.”
In a recent interview on Argentinian TV channel Cronica HD, the Ricky Martin lookalike acknowledged his cosmetic surgery habit, saying: “I think that, at some point in your life, addiction develops and then gets worse.”
Francisco spoke candidly about his mental state at the time of the procedures, saying: “When I started to get operations, I knew that things were getting out of hand and that there
These days, Francisco is a qualified ontological coach, specializing in neurosciences.
He looks like a completely different person these days, but he had previously told reporters that he was still not used to his new body after seven years of changes.
He made the admission after appearing on a 2018 Argentinian weight-loss reality show called “Cuestion de Peso” (“A Matter of Weight”), during which he lost over 90kg.
This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission.
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